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Fargo, ND – In the rubber match of a three-game series, the RedHawks fell 15-4 at the hands of the Laredo Lemurs in front of 3,945 fans at Newman Outdoor Field on Sunday afternoon.

Tyler Herron (0-2) took the loss for Fargo-Moorhead. He went 3.2 innings while giving up eight runs (seven earned) and allowed six hits while he struck out three. Newly signed left-hander Tyler Alexander relieved him in the fourth and went 2.1 innings giving up two runs, both of them earned.

Outfielder Drew Muren also received some time on the rubber. Muren tried out for several MLB organizations as a pitcher and finally received his chance to toe the rubber on Sunday. Muren went 0.2 innings allowing one hit, while hitting 95 on the radar gun multiple times.

Ty Kelley relieved him in the ninth and Laredo added some insurance runs. Kevin Taylor hit a two-run homer and Byron Wiley added another run off his RBI stand-up triple.

Matt Loosen (1-0) earns the win for the Lemurs. After walking away with the no-decision in his first three starts, Loosen earns his first win in his fourth start of the season. He went 7.1 innings while scattering seven hits and giving up three runs (two earned).

Joe Staley hit a solo home run in eighth inning that cleared the wall in right-center field. It was his second home run of the season, both of those coming at Newman Outdoor Field. Stefan Gartrell went 2-for-2 at the plate for Fargo-Moorhead with two singles and one run scored.

The RedHawks drop to 5-12 while Laredo improves to 8-8. Chad Mozingo acknowledged the team's struggles in his post game interview, saying, “We can't really pinpoint it on one thing. We know we've got a good team and it just doesn't make sense that we're not putting it together.”

Fargo-Moorhead has now dropped four of it's last five dating back to the last two games of the Wichita series. The team hits the road this week traveling to Kansas City for a three-game series beginning on Monday. The team will take Thursday off and travel to Gary where they will play a three-game series with the Southshore Railcats beginning on Friday.